Brooklyn Park: Sept. 6 event to benefit Thamby children | Maryland Gazette (HometownGlenBurnie.com)

Mrs. Thamby was murdered in May 2007 by her husband, leaving behind three young children.

The roast also will include musical entertainment and prize wheels.

Tickets are $40.

For tickets and details, call Charlie Mangum at 410-789-6897.

Summer picnic

Brooklyn Park Senior Center is hosting a summer picnic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at Kurtz's Beach, 2070 Kurtz Ave., in Pasadena.

Tickets are $13. The menu includes beef barbecue, chicken legs, hot dogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, baked beans, watermelon and sheet cake.

Music will be provided by The Impacts. There will be dancing, door prizes, games and more.

Limited van transportation is available with pre-registration.

For details, call 410-222-6847.

Frozen fundraiser

American Legion Post 187, located at 1527 Cherry St., will hold a Schwan's Food truck sale fundraiser from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The company offers a variety of frozen foods, including ice cream, steaks, frozen dinners and more. People can pre-order, shop from what's on the truck or place an order to be delivered at a later date. The post will receive a portion of the sales.

For a catalog, stop by the post from noon to 10 p.m. through Friday.

For additional information about the sale, call Calvin Lockner, the Schwan's representative, at 410-980-8102 or the post at 410-354-1331.

During the fundraiser, the post also will be selling tickets for its annual bull and oyster roast from 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 13. Tickets cost $25. For tickets, call the post or Ernie Sigley, Sons of American Legion commander, at 443-938-4611.

The post offers hall rentals. For details, call the post or Steve Wing at 410-787-0780.

All-day crop

Scrapbooking enthusiasts will enjoy the all-day crop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 at North County Recreation Center, 196 Hammonds Lane in Brooklyn Park.

Mini-workshops will be held throughout the day by local scrapbooking and paper crafting experts.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Tickets costs $25.

For more details, call 410-222-0036.

St. Rose Class of '58

The St. Rose of Lima School's Class of 1958 will hold its 50-year reunion from 7 to 11 p.m. Sept. 27 at La Fountaine Bleue, 7514 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie.

Graduates, family and friends, as well as St. Rose of Lima School and Catholic Youth Organization alumni from the years 1956 to 1960, are all invited to attend.

Tickets are $60 and include hors d'oeuvres, a four-entree buffet dinner and open bar.

Tickets must be purchased no later than Sept. 12.

For tickets or information, contact Tom Fischer at twfischer@verizon.net or 410-793-0424 or Jerry Frank at j.frank1@verizon.net or 410-296-6711.

The Maryland Gazette has an opening for a correspondent to write about churches, civic groups, clubs and other organizations in the Brooklyn Park area.

The correspondent writes twice a week about the people and events in Curtis Bay, Brooklyn Park and Pumphrey. The column includes coverage of Brooklyn Park Middle School, Park and Brooklyn Park elementary schools, the Brooklyn Park Senior Center and the Chesapeake Arts Center among other locations.

Maryland Gazette correspondents work from their homes as freelancers. Applicants must live in the territory they cover.

To apply, send a sample column to: David Craig, Assistant Editor, Maryland Gazette, 306 Crain Highway S.W., Glen Burnie, MD 21061, or dcraig@mdgazette.com.

Columns should reflect the style used by the newspaper's community correspondents and should be more than a series of announcements.

Clubs and organizations in the greater Brooklyn Park area wishing to have their community news or events included in this feature can call the Maryland Gazette at 410-766-3700, Ext. 2402, or send e-mail to gazstaff@mdgazette.com.